Capacity building activities of the OIE

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Capacity building activitiesof the OIE

• STDF WORKSHOPon Capacity Building Tools Geneva,
  31 March 2008

Dr Sarah Kahn Director, International Trade
Department
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OIE Objectives (extract)
to ensure the sanitary safety of international
trade of animals and products
to provide expertise and encourage international
solidarity in the control of animal diseases
to improve the legal framework and resources of
national Veterinary Services
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Role of Veterinary Services

• Veterinary Services are a Global Public Good
• with beneficial effects for
• Poverty Alleviation
• Securing assets (capital, animal)
• Increasing productivity
• Market Access local, regional and international
• Public Health food safety and food security

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Good Governance of VS

• Requirements for all countries
• Need for appropriate legislation and
  implementation through national animal health
  systems providing for
• Early detection, Transparency, Notification
• Rapid response to animal disease outbreaks
• Biosecurity
• Compensation
• Vaccination when appropriate

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Good Governance of VS

• Building and maintaining efficient
  epidemiosurveillance networks and territorial
  meshing in the entire national territory,
  potentially for all animal diseases...
• a responsibility of Governments
• Concept of Quality of Services adopted by all
  172 OIE Members

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OIE capacity building activities

• More than 60 Members are developing countries
• OIE Regional sub Regional offices
• provide regionally adapted services to OIE
  Members
• Under Central Bureau direction, implement
  capacity building activities

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OIE PVS Tool

• Legal basis OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code
• Chapter 1.3.3 Evaluation of Veterinary Services
• Chapter 1.3.4 Guidelines for the Evaluation of
  Veterinary Services

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OIE PVS Tool

• Financial basis
• OIE World Animal Health and Welfare Fund
• created in May 2004
• for projects of international public utility
• control of animal diseases, especially TADs
• promotion of animal welfare and food safety.

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OIE-PVS Evaluation

• External independent evaluation not an audit
• By OIE trained / certified experts
• Established procedures
• Official request from the OIE Delegate
• Propose names of experts and dates
• Evaluation (documents and mission)
• Draft Report
• Peer review
• Country review of the draft report
• Final report confidential until country gives
  approval

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PVS global programme

• The OIE plans to evaluate 105 countries over a
  3-year period.
• There are 50 evaluations completed or in progress
  as at 10 March 2008.
• 15 countries have given approval for conditional
  release of their PVS report.

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OIE-PVS follow up steps

• PVS Gap analysis
• Preparation of investment programmes - in
  collaboration with donors/partners
• PVS follow-up missions
• Selection, training and certification of OIE PVS
  Assessors (ongoing)

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OIE-PVS follow up steps

• National workshops
• Involving policy makers, senior veterinary
  officials (central and provincial/district) and
  private sector (producers, veterinarians etc)
• Regional workshops
• To raise awareness of OIE delegates and national
  focal points

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Other relevant activities

• Model Veterinary Legislation for VS
• A project is under way to develop model
  legislation in French and English, as an aid to
  countries wishing to develop or improve their
  legislative framework
• draft recommendations later this year.

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OIE Laboratory Twinning Initiative

• Objective to extend the network of OIE
  capacity, expertise and standards through
  Twinning
• To provide better global geographical coverage
• To provide better coverage in developing and
  transition countries
• To provide regional support

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OIE REFERENCE LABORATORIES
Total of 171 in 2007
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Each Twinning Project..

• Is a link between an OIE Reference Laboratory or
  Collaborating centre (Parent) and a national
  laboratory (Candidate)
• Aim is to improve expertise and diagnostic
  capacity to meet OIE standards
• (if possible, to be accepted as an OIE Reference
  organisation)

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• OIE recommendations on the key elements of an
  effective
• capacity building tool

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Key elements

• Relationship of trust and mutual confidence
  between the recipients and providers of
  assistance
• Objectives clearly defined desired capacities,
  levels of performance etc
• Approach closely linked with international
  standards, e.g. OIE Terrestrial Code
• Rationale transparent and meaningful to donors
  and to countries

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Key elements

• Experts selected, trained and certified in the
  use of the relevant tool, performance of experts
  is monitored
• Access to appropriate internationally recognised
  expertise at all stages
• Provide for sustainable improvement over time,
  including giving countries the means to build
  upon the assistance by their own efforts

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Key elements

• A consistent and predictable methodology, i.e.
  countries receiving assistance know what to
  expect
• Design and implementation applicable to different
  conditions and environments
• Professional and financial accountability
• Capacities addressed in a holistic manner
• roles and responsibilities of the public and
  private sectors and stakeholders.

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Key elements

• Provision for the organisation providing
  assistance to refine the tool, based on feedback
  from recipients
• Donors, providers and recipients of assistance
  collaborate to ensure objectives and expectations
  are shared and satisfied
• Providers and donors collaborate, share
  experiences and learn from one another

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Thank you for your attention
OrganisationMondialede la SantéAnimale World
Organisation for Animal Health Organización
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